TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY...HIGH OF 32.
WARMER WEATHER IN STORE.
WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40'S SATURDAY AND MAY
REACH 50 SUNDAY.

A BALDWIN MAN, JEREMY DEMOSS, AGE 35,  FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES AFTER HE SHOT THE CEILING OF A BALDWIN HOME AND THEN LEAD THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON A SLOW-SPEED CHASE FOR 45 MINUTES.
THE INCIDENT STARTED AT 6:35 P.M. YESTERDAY.    HE ALLEGEDLY DISCHARGED A 12-GUAGE SHOTGUN TO THE CEILING AT 4830  50TH AVENUE WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE HOME.   HE THEN LEFT AND MAQUOKETA POLICE LOCATED HIM AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP IN FOR SPEEDING AND AFTER 45 MINUTES WAS BOXED-IN AT 4TH STREET AND 17TH AVENUE
NEAR MONMOUTH.    HE IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF PAUL EADS AS A BUS DRIVER AND HIRED SONIA MANGLER AS A
REPLACEMENT FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.    AND THE BOARD
ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF PAM KENNEDY AS SOPHOMORE VOLLEYBALL COACH.

THERE IS A NEW BUSINESS AT THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT.    THE
AIRPORT COMMISSION APPROVED A CORPORATE HANGAR LEASE AND FIXED BASE OPERATOR AGREEMENT WITH AERIAL PRECISION, FORMERLY KNOWN
AS AG-AIR, BASED IN WASHINGTON, IOWA.      THE CHEMICAL AND
FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS BUSINESS WILL LEASE BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH HANGERS AT THE AIRPORT AND WILL HAVE A YEAR AROUND
OPERATION.      THE BUSINESS REPLACE CHARTAIRE, WHICH OPERATED
OUT OF THE AIRPORT FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.  THE CHARTAIRE OWNER
IS RETIRING AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING HIS PLANES.   STEVE NEBEL IS THE MANAGER OF THE AERIAL PRECISION AND TOLD THE AIRLPORT COMMISSION THAT IN ADDITION TO SPRAYING CHEMICALS,
THE FIRM MAY EXPAND INTO THE CHARGER BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE.

A CAR DEER ACCIDENT REPORTED TO THE STATE PATROL.    TRACY MANNING OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON 61 AND A DEER RAN
IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE HIT THE DEER.   $5,000 IN DAMAGES TO HER 2014 FORD.   NO INJURIES.

WE GO BACK TO 1983 FOR THIS MAQUOKETA PHOTO...

THAT HANGING CHRISTMAS TREE, CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT, WAS A
POPULAR DECORATION FOR AROUND 20 YEARS, UNTIL IT STARTED COMING
APART.    NOTE, OTHER SMALLER TREES HANGING FROM LIGHT  POLES.
JACK BICKFORD AND I WENT BUSINESS TO BUSINESS TO RAISE MONEY
TO BUY ALL THE TREES.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER WAY-BACK-WHEN PHOTO IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA.   THE GROCERY STORE WAS WHERE HAMILTON'S WAS IN THE ABOVE PICTURE AND WHERE MAKE A SPLASH IS NOW.

I WILL GIVE YOU A VOY THEATRE GIFT CARD IF  YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE
FIVE MEN ABOVE.     DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THEM?

SORRY TO REPORT THAT NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD IS RETIRING
AT THE END OF THE YEAR.   SHE  HAS BEEN WITH US 17 YEARS.
WE WILL BE ADVERTISING FOR A REPLACEMENT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT IS ALWAYS SAD TO HAVE SOMEONE LEAVE AND I'VE SEEN MANY DO
SO IN THE LAST 56 YEARS.    SHERI WILL BE MISSED BY US AND KMAQ
LISTENERS.

DON'T LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE YOU CHECK THE CHRISTMAS FEATURE BELOW ABOUT WYOMING, THE CHRISTMAS CITY.    IF YOU KNOW ANYONE IN WYOMING, GIVE THEM A CALL AND TELL THEM TO
BRING UP THIS DAILY REPORT AND TAKE A LOOK.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

WYOMING...THE CHRISTMAS CITY

      WYOMING...UNDER THE CANOPY OF LIGHTS

      MAIN STREET OF WYOMING IOWA
FOR YEARS, WYOMING HAS BEEN CALLED THE CHRISTMAS CITY.   THE SIGNS
AT THE ROADS LEADING INTO TOWN SAY IT.     AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY
HAD THEIR CHRISTMAS CITY CELEBRATION FROM 4 UNTIL 8 P.M.   NANCY AND I TOOK MY CAMERA  AND WE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS TIME.

FOR PARENTS AND KIDS, THIS PONY-CART RIDE AND THEY ALSO HAD A LARGER HORSE AND WAGON RIDE SEATING AROUND 10.

SANTA (STEVE FISHWILD) TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF KIDS AND GAVE THEM
A TREAT TO TAKE HOME.    YES..THERE WAS FACE PAINTING FOR THE KIDS TOO.    SANTA WAS IN THE LARGE WYOMING LIBRARY AND INSIDE WERE MULTIPLE THINGS FOR KIDS TO DO WHILE WARMING UP.    MAIN STREET WAS CLOSED, SO PEOPLE COULD STROLL UP AND DOWN THE STREET OR ON
THE NEW CITY SIDEWALKS WITH RAILINGS.

THIS VOLUNTEER, THOUGH OUTSIDE, HAD A NICE WARM JOB, STANDING NEXT TO THE FIRE PIT FOR MAKING "SMORES".     I TOOK THE MARSHMALLOW ON STICK IN HIS HAD AND CHARRED IT, THEN WENT INSIDE THE BARBER AND BEAUTY  SHOP FOR THE GRAHAM CRACKER AND
CHOCOLATE.    DEEEELICIOUS.    SORRY, DID NOT GET NAMES OF EITHER.

THERE WAS ENTERTAINMENT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL WITH MR. WYOMING, JIM EICHORN AS M-C AND ABOVE, SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS, BONNIE
CUMMINGS.

THE FAMOUS WYOMING LIONS CARMEL CORN WAGON WAS PARKED ON
MAIN STREET AND I STOPPED AND BOUGHT A BAG.....AND IT IS GOOD.

NEXT, WE WENT INTO THE OLD POST OFFICE MUSEUM NEXT DOOR, JUST
EAST OF THE HOTEL MUSEUM.    ABOVE IS THE UNIFORM OF GAYLORD
WILLMAN, DONATED BY HIS SON BRENT OF CEDAR RAPIDS.      MANY OF YOU REMEMBER MR. WILLMAN, YOUR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, A JOB HE HAD FOR
AROUND 35 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA.    HE HAD ONE OTHER SON BRIAN,
(NO DAUGHTERS) AND BRIAN IS RETIRED FROM MICROSOFT IN CALIFORNIA.
NEITHER SON MARRIED.    THEIR MOTHER PLAYED THE HARP AND IT IS ON
DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA.

AT THE RESTORED WYOMING HOTEL, WE WERE GREETED BY CURATOR
JOYCE FISHWILD, STANDING AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN AT MARTY BODKIN'S
EARLY 1900'S PHARMACY, WHICH TAKES UP ABOUT HALF THE FIRST FLOOR
OF HOTEL.    HER HUSBAND IS RICHARD AND HE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
MUSEUM BOARD.    THIS SUMMER, THERE WAS A BAD BIG FIRE AT THE SWINGING BAR TAVERN NEXT DOOR.     THANKS TO THE WYOMING AND
AREA FIREMEN AND MAQUOKETA'S BIG AREAL TRUCK, THE HOTEL MUSEUM
WAS SAVED.    BUT, LOTS AND LOTS OF CLEAN-UP AND RE-PAINTING WORK
HAD TO BE DONE AFTER AND NOW...IT LOOKS SHARP FROM CORNERS TO
CORNERS.    EARLY IN HIS LIFE, MARTY WAS A PHARMACIST IN MAQUOKETA.

THE WYOMING HOTEL OPENED IN 1878 (TWO YEARS AFTER THE DECKER IN MAQUOKTA) AND WAS IN BUSINESS WITH 13 ROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR
UNTIL 1932.    AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS IS THIS BARBER SHOP, COMPLETE
WITH A CONSOLE RADIO.    ALL 13 ROOMS ARE FILLED WITH ANTIQUES.

LOOKING DOWN THE CORRIDOR WITH ROOMS ON EACH SIDE.   ON THE WALLS, PHOTOS OF WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASSES.

THE RIFLE ROOM....THESE CIVIL WAR RIFFLES WERE JUST DONATED THIS YEAR.

A REALLY OLD RADIO IN A DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY.    THE BASEMENT OF THE HOTEL HAS ALL FARM ANTIQUES.

BACK OUTSIDE THE "LIVE" NATIVITY SCENE.

DOWNTOWN'S NEWEST BUILDING, WEST OF HOTEL, RACK'S SWINGING DOOR, IN SAME LOCATION OF THE ONE THAT BURNED DOWN

CAULKIN'S SQUARE WAS OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT TOO.
DR. CAULKIN'S CAME FROM OUT EAST TO BEGIN PRACTICE IN THE EARLY 1900'S IN WYOMING, AT THE URGING OF A DOCTOR IN MAQUOKETA.    THE NAME ESCAPES ME.    HIS FIRST LITTLE OFFICE NEAR THE STREET WAS OPEN AND MAYOR KEITH SOMERVILLE WAS IN THERE, GREETING PATIENTS.
INSIDE THE CAULKIN'S HOME, WE WERE GREETED BY AL WILLMAN
(GAYLORD WAS HIS UNCLE) AND SUE BRODERSON.    BOTH  HAVE BEEN
ON THE ORIGINAL BOARD THAT TOOK THE REINS AFTER THE HOUSE AND
BLOCK OF LAND WAS GIFTED TO THE CITY.     REDECORATING WAS DONE,
BUT THE FURNITURE (AND CLOTHING IN THE CLOSIT) WAS ALL OWNED AND
USED BY THE CAULKIN'S.   NOW, THE BOARD GETS OVER $100,000 A YEAR
TO UPKEEP AND ENHANCE THE SQUARE.     A BIG TWO STORY "BARN" (A COMMUNITY BUILDING)   WAS BULDT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IS USED
FOR SPEICAL EVENTS IN WYOMING, AND WAS OPEN SATURDAY.

THE DINING ROOM
THE  HOME IS NOT OPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT SUE OR AL WILL GLADLY OPEN IT AND GIVE TOURS.   JUST GIVE THEM A CALL.

THIS DRESSER WAS MADE IN CANTON, IOWA

THIS BEDSPREAD WAS GIVEN TO CAULKIN'S BY THE MAQUOKETA DOCTOR
FRIEND.   HIS AND OTHER SIGNATURES ARE ON IT, INCLUDING A
U.S. PRESIDENT SIGNATURE.    I FORGOT WHICH PRESIDENT.

WE STOPPED IN AT THE DOWNTOWN MEMORIAL HALL FOR HOMEMADE SOUP AND A SANDWICH TO CONCLUDE OUR VISIT TO....
   WYOMING, THE CHRISTMAS CITY
VISIT WYOMING BEFORE CHRISTMAS OR SOMETIME IN THE NEW YEAR, VISIT
THE OLD POST OFFICE...AND THE HOTEL...AND CAULKIN'S SQUARE.
AND IN JUNE, TAKE IN THE WYOMING FAIR AND HORSE SHOW.

PHOTOS AND EXPLANATIONS BY...
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com